Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 71: Kabandha’s Past Life
Text 3.71.12
अनाहारः कथं शक्तो भग्नसक्थिशिरोमुखः।
वज्रेणाभिहतः कालं सुदीर्घमपि जीवितुम्॥
anāhāraḥ kathaṁ śakto bhagna-sakthi-śiro-mukhaḥ
vajreṇābhihataḥ kālaṁ sudīrgham api jīvitum
anāhāraḥ = and so I can’t eat; katham = how; śaktaḥ = can I; bhagna-sakthi-śiraḥ-mukhaḥ = my thighs, head and face are destroyed; vajreṇa = by your Vajra; abhihataḥ = I have been attacked; kālam = time; sudīrgham api = for a very long; jīvitum = live.
I have been attacked by your Vajra. My thighs, head and face are destroyed and so I can’t eat. How can I live for a very long time?